Murder's a Swine (British Library Crime Classics)

Lombard, Nap

ISBN 10: 1464215499 / ISBN 13: 9781464215490

Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2021

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Synopsis:

"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then die..."

In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night, amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have stumbled upon a corpse stowed in the walls of their street's bomb shelter. As the police begin their investigation, the night is interrupted once again when Agnes' upstairs neighbour, Mrs. Sibley is terrorised by the sight of a grisly pig's head at her fourth-floor window.

With the discovery of more sinister threats mysteriously signed "Pig-sticker," Agnes and her husband, Andrew--unable to resist a good mystery--begin their investigation to deduce the identity of a villain living amongst them in their block of flats.

A witty and light-hearted mystery full of intriguing period detail, this rare gem of Golden Age crime returns to print for the first time since its publication in 1943. This edition includes an Introduction by award-winning author Martin Edwards.

About the Author:

NAP LOMBARD was the joint pseudonym used by the English author and playwright Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) and Australian writer and journalist Gordon Neil Stewart (1912-1999). The couple married in 1936 and enlisted as air-raid wardens in London at the outbreak of the Second World War. Under the Nap Lombard pseudonym they co-wrote two entertaining mystery novels, Tidy Death (1940) and Murder's a Swine (1943).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Murder's a Swine (British Library Crime ...
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good